Jonathan Rose

Date of call: 1986

Practice Summary

Jonathan has significant specialised experience of civil fraud and criminal defence he has been instructed as leading counsel in numerous cases as well as having conducted cases in many different areas of law, more recently having been instructed in a substantial banking claim.

Jonathan has appeared in foreign jurisdictions, having been called to the Caymanian Bar to conduct specific cases, he has appeared in most courts, including the Supreme Court, Privy Council, Court of Appeal, High Court both in the UK and abroad, additionally he has presented cases on behalf of the Nursing and Midwifery Council and have trained fellow barristers on current regulatory practice.

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Fraud

•VAT fraud, Southwark, common law and statutory offences of cheating revenue.

•Diversion duty frauds

•Represented and advised a former director of US firm Peregrine Systems, involved extradition and , liaising with the DoJ California and SEC in UK. This case followed on the form “Nat West 3”, able to pre-arrange bail in the USA following extradition, with conditions allowing defendant to return to the UK.

•Common law cheating revenue, failure to declare tax

•Lottery winner alleged to have defrauded her husband

•Money laundering including interesting case Hawala banking and how regarded as suspicious by the revenue, include cross border evidence form Middle East

•Particular expertise in understanding Mortgage Fraud

•Recently Litigated £20m alleged fraud involving collapse of a hotel group, losses to bank amounted to in excess of £45m.

International

Jonathan has been called Called to Caymanian Bar on case by case basis, appeal to Privy Council from Bahamas and Jamaica, extradition to US, liaising with DoJ in California and SEC.

•Acted for deputy commissioner of police, “Operation Tempura” charged with perverting the course of justice and misfeasance in public office. Tempura was an investigation conducted by the Metropolitan Police into alleged corruption in the Cayman Islands, involved the arrest of suspension of senior police officers and a High Court Judge.

•Dealt with appeals to the Privy council for Caribbean including cases from Jamaica and the Bahamas.